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just was wondering if anybody in the the area was going to repticon this weekend i'm going sunday with my neice she s picking out her first ball python she is so happy about hope to see some of you there

Not this time around... Let us know how the show is. I've always been a tad disappointed with the outcome, but it's not a bad show.

I normally go to the show, but money is so tight right now I am going to pass. I'd like to work some trades since nothing is selling right now, but most of those vendors don't care about quality produced animals and they don't give any reasonable value for trades. Many times they are border line insulting about it!

I missed the Tampa show a couple weeks ago as well which was a bummer 'cause the Sept show is one of my favorites.

Well, enough rambling. Have fun at the show and try to purchase from a breeder as opposed to a "flipper" dealer. If you don't find anything healthy looking I have a couple of extra normal males that are well started and I would be more than happy to donate one for free to a future herper.

well just got back from the show it was a bit smaller then i thought with all the room at the fair grounds i was thinking it would have been bigger it was hough easy to get around and not that busy alot of people where slashing pries on some of there snake i did get a nice looking female ball that had one dime size spot of white on her and o few cage things i need but i would go again it was fun

and thanks for the thouht of donating one of your snake i don't need another male at the moment

Yeah the show is VERY small, I only go when I want to p/u animals from breeders that I know who are going to be there.

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If you don't find anything healthy looking I have a couple of extra normal males that are well started and I would be more than happy to donate one for free to a future herper.

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Kevin, kudos for this thought!

I'd been thinking along the same lines, after having seen a post saying something like "can hardly give normal balls away". I think that getting a kid (with their parents' full approval and consent, of course!) started this way could benefit the future of this hobby (not to mention the kid!) in unimaginable ways.

~Bruce

yeah i went on saturday...didn't see this post till tonight. first time to the o-town show so i was kinda disappointed. ballers balls was there and they had some cool stuff. i wanted to get some frozen feeders but didn't see anyone offering them.

and i did a trade there...traded a blood for a big norm female ball. this is my first ball by the by....have more coming next month. she is a bigin!! don't have a weight on her but yea large large.

o and ive notice something....everytime i get a new snake, within the first five minutes of me touching it, it bites me!

the one we got did the same thing she latched on god to and now that we have her in the tank she hasn't stop moving smashing down everything i'm watching her right at the moment

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Kevin, kudos for this thought!

I'd been thinking along the same lines, after having seen a post saying something like "can hardly give normal balls away". I think that getting a kid (with their parents' full approval and consent, of course!) started this way could benefit the future of this hobby (not to mention the kid!) in unimaginable ways.

~Bruce

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Bruce, I couldn't agree more! I got the impression that the OP was looking for a good first pet Ball Python for his niece and I thought I could help because I have a couple nice looking normal males that will make great PETS!

Worthless normal males? Nope not here! They make great pets!
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sorry you miss understood me she allowed to have a snake just that my sister says not at her house so my niece lives only a block away from is keeping at my house with me and my wife she has been really good with my big male hulk and also was bugging me for a female but with prices of females i was afraid i wasn't able to get her one but when we got there someone had one that fit my price range so we got it for her later down we may breed the two but right now it's more of teaching her resposablity of caring for the snake

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sorry you miss understood me she allowed to have a snake just that my sister says not at her house so my niece lives only a block away from is keeping at my house with me and my wife she has been really good with my big male hulk and also was bugging me for a female but with prices of females i was afraid i wasn't able to get her one but when we got there someone had one that fit my price range so we got it for her later down we may breed the two but right now it's more of teaching her resposablity of caring for the snake

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I wasn't upset with your reply, I was just agreeing with Bruces comments and expanding the conversation with my own experience with trying to sell normals, especially males.

Many people view normal males as worthless because they are no use in breeding projects. My point, is that they make great pets and at some point Ball Pythons have to have value beyond just being breeding projects. I already am starting to see the same dismissive attitude towards male base morphs like pastels, YBs, and even Ghosts.